Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith

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1) Las Posadas: an Hispanic Christmas celebration

Author

Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1999

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1

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Follows a Hispanic American family in a small New Mexican community as they prepare for and celebrate the nine-day religious festival which occurs just before Christmas.

2) Celebrating Chinese New Year

Author

Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

1998

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1

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Depicts a San Francisco boy and his family preparing for and enjoying their celebration of the Chinese New Year, their most important holiday.

3) Celebrating Passover

Author

Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c2000

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1

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Uses one family's celebration of Passover to describe the religious significance, traditions, customs, and symbols of this Jewish holiday.

4) Buffalo days

Author

Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

1997

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1

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Describes life on a Crow Indian reservation in Montana, and the importance these tribes place on buffalo, which are once again thriving in areas where the Crow live.